Esther Williams Movies

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe,...

Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small...

After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.

When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.

Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for...

A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women.

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius'...

In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included....

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

Documentary about Hollywood.

The story of Esther Williams is that of an improbable encounter. That of the glamorous Hollywood of the 1940s with a swimming champion. A meeting...

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active...

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.

The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.

Passengers struggle to survive after their plane crashes on a remote island. Director Richard Wilson's 1958 drama stars Esther Williams, Jeff...

American Movie Classics produced this original salute to those celebrities who worked to improve the morale of the soldiers in World War II. Hosted...

American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.